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Date:      Mon, 3 Apr 2000 11:31:58 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Vivek Khera <khera@kciLink.com>
To:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: dufus.[...] daily run output -- summer time 
Message-ID:  <14568.47470.412562.32287@kci.kciLink.com>
In-Reply-To: <200004031510.LAB21697@radagast.wizard.net>
References:  <14568.45040.795743.139682@kci.kciLink.com> <200004031510.LAB21697@radagast.wizard.net>

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>>>>> "DRT" == Donald R Tyson <tyson@stanfordalumni.org> writes:

DRT> At least the 4.0-STABLE side, despite the error reported by
DRT> several on this list, managed to get the time right.

The error is in the date program's ability to tell you the time X
hours ago, when that X is during the leap-ahead hour.  I consider this
a bug in date, as my example showed.  The time exists, date just can't
tell you what it is.


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